LeBron James Drops 37 Points On Charlotte

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James had one of best shooting nights of the season in Thursday's win over Charlotte, going for a game-high 37 points on 14-for-22 shooting. He nailed four of nine attempts from downtown and shot 5-for-6 at the line, adding eight rebounds, six assists, one steal, and one block in 37 […]

Zion Williamson Notches 10th Double-Double

New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson recorded his 10th double-double of the season in Thursday's loss to Portland, picking up 26 points on 9-for-17 shooting and adding 10 rebounds. He shot 8-for-11 at the charity stripe, and his line also included three assists, two blocks, and one steal with four turnovers. The Pelicans are […]

Leody Taveras Triples on Thursday

Texas Rangers center fielder Leody Taveras had two hits, including a triple, during Thursday's 12-9 win against the Cincinnati Reds. He's looking to hold off veteran David Dahl for the starting job in center field. Taveras, 22, is now 7-for-28 (.250) with four extra-base hits and a stolen base this spring. Last season at the […]

Franchy Cordero Will See First Spring Action On Saturday

Boston Red Sox outfielder Franchy Cordero will make his spring debut as a designated hitter on Saturday. Cordero tested positive for COVID-19 at the start of spring and wasn't cleared to join the team until last week. He's played in simulated games this week and could be ready to play in the field soon. Red Sox […]

Enes Kanter Gets Back Into Double-Double Column

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter returned to double-double form on Thursday, finishing a 101-93 win over New Orleans with 16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. He shot 4-for-5 from the floor and 8-for-10 at the foul line, adding a pair of steals and one assist. Kanter had missed a double-double in back-to-back games […]

Rays Preparing Chris Archer To Pitch After Opener

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Chris Archer has appeared in 212 MLB games over his eight-year career. He's started 210 of those games. This year, Archer appears to be primed for a different role. This offseason, the 32-year-old Archer signed a one-year deal to return to Tampa Bay, where he spent his prime pitching years. Rays […]

Damian Lillard Starts Off Red-Hot, Finishes With 36 Points

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard scored 21 first-quarter points in Thursday's win over New Orleans, finishing with 36 in total in the end on 12-for-22 shooting. He nailed six triples with 15 attempts and had six rebounds with seven turnovers in 38 minutes. It was his first game of the season without a […]

Corey Davis to Jets - Fantasy Impact

It would be easy to say Corey Davis is going to be a great number one receiver in New York. It would also be a lie. The truth is, we do not know yet. Not just because of his up-and-down career but also due to the question at the quarterback position for the 2021 season. […]

Spencer Turnbull Away From Team Due To COVID Protocol

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Spencer Turnbull will be away from the team for a few days due to the league's COVID-19 protocols. According to Tigers manager A.J. Hinch, Turnbull didn't do anything wrong. It's merely protocol. Turnbull should open the year as one of the team's starting pitchers. He's had an underwhelming spring so far, pitching […]

Mookie Betts Opens Up About Boston Years

In an interview with GQ, Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts discussed his early professional baseball years coming up with the Boston Red Sox. He said that in his first few years with the organization, he felt that he was "just trash" and added that he "pretty much almost quit baseball." Betts had a rough […]

Ronald Acuna Jr. A Top Preseason MVP Candidate

Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. finished fifth in National League MVP voting in 2019. This year, many pundits believe the 23-year-old Braves star is the favorite to take home the award. 2019 was Acuna's only full MLB season. Over 156 games in 2019, he slashed .280/.365/.518 with 41 home runs, 101 RBI, 127 runs […]

Khris Davis Slugs Two Home Runs

Texas Rangers outfielder/designated hitter Khris Davis went deep twice on Thursday against the Cincinnati Reds. He also had a single and drove in four runs. The homers were Davis' first two dingers of the spring. Known for prodigious power that saw him hit more than 40 home runs in three straight seasons for the Oakland […]

Noah Syndergaard Clocked At 96 MPH

New York Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard (elbow) pitched a side session on Thursday that generated some promising results. His fastball was clocked at 96 mph by the speed gun during the session. Syndergaard underwent Tommy John surgery on March 27, 2020. He is on the 60-day Injured List and the Mets believe he won't […]

Fantasy Basketball Night In Review: Thursday, March 18

Welcome to the RotoBaller NBA Recap. In this feature, we will highlight a few key fantasy basketball takeaways from the games played during last night's slate. These viewpoints can be both positive and negative and will hopefully help to provide insight into different roster moves you should consider making based on trends and statistical nuggets […]

Daily MLB Injury Roundup for March 19th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily MLB injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy baseball (DFS) lineups, every day of the MLB season. Below is our updated list of injured MLB players for March 19th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

Daily NBA Injury Roundup for March 19th, 2021

RotoBaller has assembled a list of daily NBA injury updates to help you prepare both your seasonal and daily fantasy basketball (DFS) lineups, every day of the NBA season. Below is our updated list of injured NBA players for March 19th, 2021. Only players on teams that are scheduled to play today will appear below […]

DraftKings EuroLeague DFS Lineup Picks for 3/19/21 - Daily Fantasy Basketball Advice

Round 30 finishes off today for those of you that still want some professional basketball to go with the amateurs. This one starts a little later at 1pm Eastern, so you can watch the first four games of the NCAA tournament before paying attention to the EuroLeague. And we will have to pay attention. Alexey […]

NL Starting Pitchers Set to Break Out in 2021

With pitcher workloads diminishing and aces difficult to come by, finding breakout pitchers can make a significant difference for fantasy managers. Whether it be through a role change, a new pitch, a mechanical adjustment, or some other factor, plenty of pitchers break out each year and usually provide fantasy managers with excellent draft values along […]

2020 Breakout Outfielders Who'll Keep Improving

With hitters dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and related changes to the MLB season, it’s somewhat surprising that breakouts were unexceptional (if high) in their number. After 45 qualified batters improved their wOBA by at least 0.20 points between 2018 and 2019, 54 hitters managed to do so between 2019 and 2020. That’s not a […]

Later-Round Category Targets - Home Runs

Welcome back to my series of posts where I take us through a standard fantasy baseball category, break it down statistically and then locate some targets for 2021 to help you out in that category. We've already examined how to get an advantage in batting average. Today we will talk about home runs. You can also […]

Don't Overpay for Steals, Draft These Guys Instead

Steals are an increasingly precious commodity in roto leagues. If you don't grab a speedster early on, you are forced to find a modest source of steals in the middle and later rounds or just punt the category altogether. Since it's not advised to resign yourself to claiming last place in a category before the […]

NL Outfielders Ready to Break Out in 2021

The top of the outfield class this year is lined with studs. It's hard to go wrong with any of the top-ten or so outfielders in drafts, but after that, it gets a little bit shakier. Players with risky profiles, small sample size success stories, bounceback candidates, and plenty of youngsters make up a lot […]

Post-Hype Pitchers Set To Break Out

What is a post-hype sleeper? If you ask 10 fantasy analysts you'll probably get 10 different answers but it boils down to players that have fallen off the fantasy radar after garnering quite a bit of buzz in prior seasons. It's a lot like shopping in an outlet store. You've got all kinds of name-brand […]

Later-Round Category Targets - Batting Average

Of all of the fantasy sports, a baseball league using category scoring is the one most requiring manager strategy. You can draft a team full of players that overperform their draft cost but still not win your league if you don't fill up the categories correctly. If I had to give one piece of advice […]

Later-Round Category Targets - WHIP

Welcome back to RotoBaller and my later-round category targets series, thanks for being here. In this article, we're going to talk about some middle and late-round starting pitchers that can help your team in the WHIP category. It's important to note that there is a ton of overlap with WHIP and ERA, and I've already made […]

Roto Category Draft Targets - Wins

I'm here to do something that I probably can't actually do, help you find wins late in the draft. That's a very inspiring sentence, I know, but I'm an honest guy and I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I'm able to pontificate about which pitchers will earn lots of wins this […]

Later-Round Category Targets - ERA

Starting pitching is a finicky thing in the fantasy world. There is certain to be lots of impactful injuries, breakouts, and busts this year within the starting pitching position. After the first handful of rounds of the draft, it gets pretty tough to find guys you can feel confident about helping your team in the […]

Top 10 Relief Pitchers to Target - LIMA Plan

You need saves but you don't want to burn an early pick or spend up just to invest in a closer that joins the 50% club. That is, the 50% or more of relief pitchers who start the year as closers but will lose their job due to poor performance or injury at some point […]

Starting Pitcher Sleepers Who Surged In September

Do you remember the 21st night of September? I certainly don't. Amid a global pandemic, figuring out the kid's remote school schedule, and fantasy football, the whole month is a little hazy, much to the chagrin of Earth Wind and Fire. Lucky for us, every bit of data that happened on a baseball field is tracked […]

First Base Fantasy Baseball Draft Sleepers

The first base position has some high-end options such as Freddie Freeman, Cody Bellinger, and Jose Abreu. All are typically going in the top 40 of most mixed-league drafts. But getting one of the top guys isn't imperative. There are plenty of other viable alternatives available later in drafts. Whether it is power, batting average, or […]